A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life. The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society. The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-racist. We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater.

Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe C, and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder.

Bill Resnick talks with local students who helped organize last Friday’s
(March 15) Student Climate Strike here in Portland. In Part One, we hear from
Solomon Duke, senior at Franklin High. He is a founder of the Portland
Youth Climate Council and one of the organizers of ...
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Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes
Bill Resnick talks with Portland students who helped organize last
Friday’s (March 15) Student Climate Strike. In Part One, we hear from
Solomon Duke, senior at Franklin High. He is a founder of the Portl...
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For the Old Mole 3/18/19
Jan: What is Democracy? directed by philosopher filmmaker and activist Astra
Taylor answers the question in the film's title through an expository
style, an approach to documentary that uses interviews and images to build
an argument. The argum...
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(Frann Michel for the Old Mole Variety Hour March 11, 2019; School Strike
image by Leonhard Lenz [CC0])
Young climate activists have called for a one-day school strike on March
15th. Earth Strike, as it’s also called, is expected to be the largest yet
of these events...
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Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear:
1. Bill Resnick talks with John T. James about the extent and the causes of
fatal medical errors.
2. Frann Michel discusses Earth Strike.
3. How and why the capital-labor struggle disappeared from political
c...
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Bill Resnick interviews John T. James who discusses the tragic toll and how
to avoid medical errors.areas. James is the author of A Sea of Broken
Hearts: Patient Rights in a Dangerous, Profit-Driven Health Care System.
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In the 1950s and 60s, political and economic commentary was about the
struggle between labor and capital. Not now. Why? Thom Becker reads from Rob
Urie’s article in CounterPunch arguing that that capitalism has attempted
and largely succeeded in co-opting and compromising a...
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Larry Bowlden reviews Hyeonseo Lee’s The Girl With Seven Names, a memoir
about the author's young life in North Korea, which she was taught to regard
as the best and most prosperous country in the world. Almost by accident, she
found herself in China and then began a lon...
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Bill Resnick congratulates the Oregonian for its expose of the Oregon Dept of
Environmental Quality, the Oregon Legislature, and the companies who
successfully demand the right to bathe us in dangerous pollution. He disputes
that this happens mostly as a product of campaign...
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Film Maker and Old Mole Jan Haaken talks with Clayton Morgareidge about her
new film "Our Bodies, Our Doctors" premiering at the Portland International
Film Festival this week. The film tells the rarely-discussed story of what
it means to be an abortion provider today: conf...
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